Rhinotermes[1] is a genus of termites typical of the family Rhinotermitidae. Records of occurrence are largely from South America, but they also heve been found in southern Europe, Africa and on Pacific islands.[2]
Rhinotermes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Infraorder: | Isoptera |
Nanorder: | Neoisoptera |
Family: | Rhinotermitidae |
Subfamily: | Rhinotermitinae |
Genus: | Rhinotermes Hagen 1858 |
Species
editThe Termite Catalogue[3] and GBIF[2] list the following:
- Rhinotermes hispidus Emerson, 1925
- Rhinotermes manni Snyder, 1924
- Rhinotermes marginalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- †Rhinotermes miocenicus Nel & Paicheler, 1993
- Rhinotermes nasutus (Perty, 1833)
- Rhinotermes tarakanensis Oshima, 1914
References
editExternal links
edit- Data related to Rhinotermes at Wikispecies